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Boxing Bear hits the ring with 10 days of events for their 10th anniversary

There is always something fun about trying to tie a numbered anniversary to an event or beer at a brewery. Do a triple IPA for a third anniversary. Toss seven hops in an IPA for a seventh. Things of that nature. Boxing Bear Brewing, though, decided to just go all-out and schedule 10 days worth…

The Week Ahead in Beer: So many anniversary parties, so little time

After last week’s onslaught of new beers (most of which had to be added over and over to this after the original posting), we had hoped that this would be a nice, relaxing week. Who were we kidding? No, it’s a big weekend for anniversaries. We already shared some details on Flock of Moons’ first…

Flock of Moons prepares to celebrate after a whirlwind of a first year

It seems like only yesterday that I sat down at Flock of Moons and did a running account of the first hour of business at the new brewery at 111 Harvard Dr SE. Except that it was not yesterday, it was a whole year ago. My oh my, how time flies. Of course, that means…

Gravity Bound takes the lead after first round of 2024 NMIPAC in Santa Fe

In case anyone missed the news that we shared on Facebook (and if you’re not on that app, you’re probably a happier human) on Saturday, the first round of the 2024 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge posted the voting totals with Gravity Bound out in front. The 2022 champions racked up 19 votes out…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy a little bit of anything and everything

This is shaping up to be one of those scattered weeks, without a singular theme, but still with a lot to do and quite a few new beers to enjoy. There’s some comedy, a couple monthly events (one with a decidedly fun 80s theme), a little metal, a vendor market, and of course the first…

IPA Challenge field narrowed to succulent 16 finalists for top hop title

The elimination round of the 2024 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge went off without a hitch Saturday morning at Canteen Brewhouse. A total of 40 entries were judged by the brewers themselves, with 16 finalists chosen to advance to the three public rounds. Things went so smoothly and quickly that by the advised time…

For the Love of Lagers celebrates the style once again at Canteen Brewhouse

Attention, all you lovers of lagers, Canteen Brewhouse has just the festival for you this Saturday. For the Love of Lagers returns for a second time, with 16 other breweries joining the hosts for this fun festival on the patio. Tickets are available online now and there should be a few left at the door,…

The mostly complete guide to July 4 hours at New Mexico craft breweries

As a public service that we do for most significant holidays, we attempt to compile all the brewery hours of operation for whatever is up next. In this case, it is the Fourth of July, which produces a whole mix of places keeping normal hours, some closing early, and others taking the day off to…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Go Fourth and enjoy all the brews this holiday

The Fourth of July falls on a Thursday this year, potentially giving lots of folks an extended weekend to enjoy things blowing up in the sky and cold beers in their hands. We are working on compiling the holiday-standard list of brewery opening hours, closings, and any other schedule alterations, but so far those have…

2024 edition of New Mexico IPA Challenge ready to get underway

Attention hopheads, your favorite time of the year is almost upon us. The 2024 New Mexico IPA Challenge kicks off this weekend with the elimination round, which the public does not attend, but the Crew will be there as proverbial flies on the wall to detail how it all turns out. We caught up with…